IOVANCE BIOTHERAPEUTICS INC IOVA
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 462260100 · ISIN US4622601007
American biopharmaceutical startup
- SectorHealth care
- IndustryBiological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances)
- HeadquartersSan Carlos, CA
- Founded2007
- Websiteiovance.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($105.8k this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 304.8m as of 2024-11-01, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $9.40. Options: 15 managers hold calls ($44.1m notional), 9 hold puts ($25.2m).
Trends to Q3 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 243 |
| Q4 2022 | 219 |
| Q1 2023 | 230 |
| Q2 2023 | 221 |
| Q3 2023 | 230 |
| Q4 2023 | 238 |
| Q1 2024 | 274 |
| Q2 2024 | 297 |
| Q3 2024 | 288 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 103 | 118 |
| Q1 2023 | 126 | 94 |
| Q2 2023 | 118 | 106 |
| Q3 2023 | 147 | 83 |
| Q4 2023 | 127 | 106 |
| Q1 2024 | 160 | 114 |
| Q2 2024 | 176 | 122 |
| Q3 2024 | 141 | 130 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2023 | $55.3m | $20.5m | 0.37 |
| Q1 2024 | $94.0m | $31.4m | 0.33 |
| Q2 2024 | $25.3m | $18.7m | 0.74 |
| Q3 2024 | $44.1m | $25.2m | 0.57 |
Biggest buyers
| Hood River Capital Management LLC | Added | +5.4m |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | Added | +3.8m |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD | New | +3.2m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +1.8m |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC | Added | +1.5m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Added | +1.4m |
| Soleus Capital Management, L.P. | Added | +980.5k |
| Palo Alto Investors LP | Added | +925.3k |
| Cutter Capital Management, LP | New | +876.0k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +780.6k |
Biggest sellers
| Avoro Capital Advisors LLC | Reduced | -7.5m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -3.1m |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | Reduced | -2.4m |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Sold out | -1.6m |
| SUMMIT PARTNERS PUBLIC ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC | Sold out | -1.6m |
| BRAIDWELL LP | Reduced | -1.2m |
| Artal Group S.A. | Sold out | -1.0m |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | -913.3k |
| Opaleye Management Inc. | Sold out | -897.0k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Reduced | -682.4k |
Biggest calls
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $18.7m2.0m shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $7.5m794.5k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $6.1m645.3k shares |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | New | $3.8m400.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $3.1m327.6k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $2.7m285.5k shares |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | Reduced | $712.7k75.9k shares |
| BOOTHBAY FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC | New | $664.8k70.8k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $420.9k43.8k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | New | $243.2k25.9k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $7.6m807.1k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $6.2m656.7k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $5.0m528.4k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $3.5m369.7k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $1.3m142.1k shares |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | $939.0k100.0k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $483.4k50.3k shares |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC | New | $234.8k25.0k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution +1.1 pts · filed 2026-07-28 | 7.5% |
| STATE STREET CORP 13G · institution +1.3 pts · filed 2026-08-07 | 5.5% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27)
Insider purchases and sales in Q3 2024
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 4 | $65.3m | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2023 | 2 | $26.6m | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2024 | 3 | $48.3m | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported in Q3 2024.
Holders, Q3 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.3m $256.5m | Added +1.4m |
| PERCEPTIVE ADVISORS LLC 5.36% of their portfolio | 26.6m $249.9m | Added +684.6k |
| MHR FUND MANAGEMENT LLC 24.57% of their portfolio | 24.0m $225.3m | Unchanged |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 21.5m $201.7m | First filing |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 13.2m $124.0m | Added +576.8k |
| Soleus Capital Management, L.P. 6.66% of their portfolio | 8.5m $80.1m | Added +980.5k |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC 1.23% of their portfolio | 8.1m $76.5m | Added +5.4m |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 5.9m $55.0m | Added +3.8m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.6m $53.1m | Reduced -137.5k |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership 0.07% of their portfolio | 4.8m $45.1m | Reduced -307.6k |
| Long Focus Capital Management, LLC 3.76% of their portfolio | 4.5m $42.6m | Added +400.0k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.11% of their portfolio | 4.5m $42.0m | Reduced -68.0k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.4m $41.2m | Added +1.8m |
| Avoro Capital Advisors LLC 0.58% of their portfolio | 4.2m $39.8m | Reduced -7.5m |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 4.0m $37.9m | Added +1.5m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.8m $35.5m | Reduced -3.1m |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.03% of their portfolio | 3.2m $30.0m | New |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.1m $29.1m | Reduced -379.5k |
| Palo Alto Investors LP 3.71% of their portfolio | 3.0m $28.6m | Added +925.3k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.5m $23.0m | Added +283.6k |
| MPM BIOIMPACT LLC 3.39% of their portfolio | 2.4m $22.6m | Added +40.0k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.2m $21.1m | Added +81.6k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.1m $20.2m | Reduced -674.3k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.1m $19.4m | Reduced -196.0k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.9m $18.3m | Reduced -47.7k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.9m $18.0m | Reduced -71.8k |
| RICE HALL JAMES & ASSOCIATES, LLC 0.85% of their portfolio | 1.7m $15.8m | Added +43.1k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.4m $13.3m | Added +422.3k |
| 683 Capital Management, LLC 1.34% of their portfolio | 1.4m $13.1m | Reduced -100.0k |
| EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.4m $14.4m | Reduced -580.9k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3m $12.4m | Reduced -6.0k |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC 0.48% of their portfolio | 1.3m $12.0m | Added +551.4k |
| C WorldWide Group Holding A/S 0.12% of their portfolio | 1.3m $11.8m | Unchanged |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.2m $11.5m | Added +11.4k |
| Siren, L.L.C. 0.52% of their portfolio | 1.1m $10.4m | First filing |
| Rhenman & Partners Asset Management AB 0.80% of their portfolio | 1.1m $9.9m | Added +132.5k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.0m $9.6m | Added +780.6k |
| Orion Investment Co 3.31% of their portfolio | 906.3k $8.5m | Added +111.6k |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA 0.01% of their portfolio | 902.3k $8.7m | Reduced -17.8k |
| Cutter Capital Management, LP 2.43% of their portfolio | 876.0k $8.2m | New |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 842.0k $7.9m | Reduced -192.8k |
| NORGES BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 767.0k $7.2m | Reduced -175.9k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 755.5k $7.1m | Added +41.1k |
| Boxer Capital, LLC 0.35% of their portfolio | 750.0k $7.0m | Unchanged |
| QVT Financial LP 0.55% of their portfolio | 678.6k $6.4m | Unchanged |
| Apis Capital Advisors, LLC 4.41% of their portfolio | 675.0k $6.3m | New |
| Rafferty Asset Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 653.0k $6.1m | Reduced -71.2k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 631.1k $5.9m | Added +301.1k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 622.1k $5.8m | Reduced -173.1k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 604.6k $5.7m | Added +328.3k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 575.8k $5.4m | Added +79.4k |
| Woodline Partners LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 562.4k $5.3m | New |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 557.5k $5.2m | Added +529.5k |
| Candriam S.C.A. 0.03% of their portfolio | 500.0k $4.7m | Unchanged |
| TANG CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.34% of their portfolio | 500.0k $4.7m | Unchanged |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 469.5k $4.4m | Added +184.8k |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. 0.04% of their portfolio | 414.7k $3.9m | Added +31.4k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 395.4k $3.7m | New |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 382.4k $3.6m | Reduced -2.1k |
| TD Asset Management Inc 0.00% of their portfolio | 369.3k $3.5m | Added +84.4k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 354.1k $3.3m | Reduced -14.7k |
| Hennion & Walsh Asset Management, Inc. 0.15% of their portfolio | 351.4k $3.3m | Reduced -16.7k |
| BANQUE PICTET & CIE SA 0.03% of their portfolio | 321.8k $3.0m | Reduced -346.9k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.00% of their portfolio | 311.9k $2.9m | Reduced -23.6k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 307.4k $2.9m | Added +49.8k |
| PANAGORA ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 292.1k $2.7m | Reduced -69.1k |
| Parametrica Management Ltd 2.92% of their portfolio | 261.1k $2.5m | Unchanged |
| CM Management, LLC 1.87% of their portfolio | 250.0k $2.3m | Unchanged |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.00% of their portfolio | 243.3k $2.3m | Reduced -525.9k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 234.5k $2.2m | Reduced -9.4k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 223.1k $2.1m | Added +58.8k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 219.1k $2.1m | Added +601 |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.02% of their portfolio | 218.9k $2.1m | Reduced -81.0k |
| BRAIDWELL LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 217.9k $2.0m | Reduced -1.2m |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 217.0k $2.0m | Added +2.9k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 209.2k $2.0m | Added +72.8k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 208.8k $2.0m | Added +70.6k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 198.7k $1.9m | Reduced -4.4k |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 193.8k $1.8m | Added +57.2k |
| NFJ INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 189.7k $1.8m | Reduced -8.8k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 189.5k $1.8m | Reduced -5.7k |
| Bayesian Capital Management, LP 0.20% of their portfolio | 184.4k $1.7m | Added +137.2k |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 179.0k $1.7m | Added +19.9k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.00% of their portfolio | 173.7k $1.6m | Reduced -62.7k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 173.0k $1.6m | Added +159 |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 164.3k $1.5m | Added +18.6k |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 155.6k $1.5m | Added +70.8k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 150.9k $1.4m | Reduced -15.2k |
| HUSSMAN STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. 0.34% of their portfolio | 147.0k $1.4m | New |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 146.4k $1.4m | Unchanged |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 144.3k $1.4m | Added +115.4k |
| Corebridge Financial, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 135.4k $1.3m | Reduced -834 |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 135.0k $1.3m | Reduced -115.0k |
| PFM Health Sciences, LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 132.2k $1.2m | Reduced -20.6k |
| Aberdeen Group plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 131.8k $1.2m | Unchanged |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 129.5k $1.2m | Added +12.1k |
| PROFUND ADVISORS LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 128.8k $1.2m | Added +4.1k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 117.0k $1.1m | Reduced -913.3k |
| Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) 0.00% of their portfolio | 114.0k $1.1m | Unchanged |
| OCONNOR, A Distinct Business Unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS (LLC) 0.03% of their portfolio | 113.8k $1.1m | Not comparable |